Sunday, 19 March 2017

It appears I might have partially fixed the keyboard problem. I think the issue is me striking the keys too hard and I’ve desensitized the keyboard. Well it was a cheap laptop which I modified with SSD’s RAM and a new wifi card so perhaps I’m expecting too much from it. But it’s going to have to last a little longer because finances won’t stretch to a replacement at this time.

I received an interesting link from Mrs Tiggy regarding the blog post about the canal work below Hillmorton Bottom Lock. The link is here Video Log.

Apparently volunteers are restoring the end of the old canal and the intention is to create moorings for restored working boats. The video link also shows the work which has been done at Clifton Cruisers where the new owner has restored more of the old canal to use as moorings. So two short stretches of canal that have been abandoned for 200 years are being re-watered and put to use.

Poor Jan had used all the cough medicine. I have too look after her otherwise I’d poison myself with my cooking! Anyway, I went to Daventry today and purchased more, making sure it was the ‘non drowsy’ version (so I could be fed). Her cough has been sounding very nasty but hopefully she is now over the worst of it.

This blog is about us, Tom and Jan.
After a decade of travelling from 'down-under' every two years to spend a brief few weeks having a wonderful canal holiday we decided to eliminate the travel and do it full time on retirement. In 2011 we moved to the UK and built Waiouru before spending 6 wonderful years cruising.
In 2017 we sold our lovely boat and moved back to Perth, West Australia where other adventures are on the 'bucket list'.